Half A Ton Of Cocaine Found In Tanker From Colombia

Latin America & Caribbean - In Brief

March 19, 2005

QUITO, Ecuador -- Police seized a shipment of 955 pounds of cocaine hidden in a gasoline tanker coming from neighboring Colombia, authorities said Friday. The truck, two Colombians who drove it and one passenger were captured Wednesday near the Pacific coast city of Manta, 160 miles southwest of Quito, police said in a statement. More than 200 packets were discovered in a compartment that ran the length of the 70-foot tanker, the statement said.